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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7092
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Arsenic Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 4. (concluded)
Ecosyste species, arsenic Arsenic Effect Referenceb
compound and other concentration
variables
Dab, imanda limanda
As+ 28.5 mg/l LC-50 (96 hours);
respiratory pro-
blems. 13
Pink salmon, Oncorhynchus
or scha
As 2.5 mg/l LC-0 (10 days). 8
As+3 3.8 mg/l LC-54 (10 days). 3
As 7.2 mg/l LC-100 (7 days). 3
Tele?jts, 3 spp.
As 12.7 to 16 mg/l LC-50 (96 hours). 3
aAs+3, inorganic trivalent arsenite; As+5, inorganic pentavalent arsenate;
DMA, dimethylarsinic acid; ABA, p-aminobenzenearsonic acid; DSMA, disodium
methylarsenate (CH ASO(ONa) ); SDMA, sodium dimethylarsenate ((CH3)2AsO(ONa));
MSMA, monosodium mhhanears9nate; SC, sodium cacodylate.
bReferences: 1, NRCC 1978; 2, EPA 1980; 3, EPA 1985; 4, Passino and Novak
1984; 5, Spehar et al. 1980; 6, Lima et al. 1984; 7, Johnson and Finley 1980;
8, NAS 1977; 9, Cockell and Hilton 1985; 10, Thursby and Steele 1984; 11,
Bryant et al. 1985; 12, Sanders 1986; 13, Taylor et,al. 1985; 14, Hood 1985.
cMaximum acceptable toxicant concentration. Lower value in each pair
indicates highest concentration tested producing no measurable effect on
growth, survival, reproduction, or metabolism during chronic exposure; higher
value indicates lowest concentration tested producing a measurable effect.
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